Australian batsman David Warner walked off the field, mid-innings, after reportedly being sledged during a club cricket fixture in Sydney on Saturday.

Warner is currently serving a 12-month ban from international cricket, after being involved in the ball-tampering saga that rocked Australia’s tour of South Africa earlier this year.

Weirdness in Sydney Grade cricket. Dave warner, on 35, just walked off the field in the middle of the over. Told the umpire “I’m removing myself from the game”. Apparently it was because of a sledge. He walked off, then came back out to bat 2 mins later. #Cricketpic.twitter.com/jX0lihgLxU

‘It would have been nice to get him out but we’ll have to get him after tea. I don’t know how anyone has a slant on what’s happened from 125 metres away,’ Western Suburbs Cricket Club secretary Rick Wayde was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.

Proteas batsman Reeza Hendricks looks ahead to the 2nd ODI against Pakistan at Kingsmead in Durban as he tells the media that the side has prepared well. He says they want to bounce back from the frustration of losing the first ODI at St George’s Park.